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A beautiful Mediterranean beach and blue sea, similar to where our client contracted food poisoning

Holiday Accident Case

Paul’s story

Our client, Paul Brown, was honeymooning in Antigua when he contracted acute salmonella poisoning from eating contaminated food.

His honeymoon was booked as an all-inclusive package with TUI UK, but within a few days of arriving at the Grand Pineapple Resort Paul began to feel ill, experiencing stomach cramps, fever, nausea and diarrhoea.

He was offered £1,166 in compensation by the hotelier, but Paul refused and sought advice from his trade union, the National Education Union (NEU), and instructed Thompsons Solicitors to investigate a claim of compensation when he returned home.

Following negotiations, our holiday illness claims experts secured £4,000 in compensation for Paul.

He said: “Antigua is a beautiful island of white sandy beaches and we were so excited to have this holiday of a lifetime. Unfortunately the experience was very different to what we had hoped, and all because of my illness. Before I was put in touch with Thompsons, dealing with the booking agent was like banging my head against a wall as I was passed from one person to the next who didn’t understand what was happening with my case.

“Without the legal weight and expertise from Thompsons and the NEU, I’m certain I wouldn’t have been properly compensated for what happened to me.” 

“Without the legal weight and expertise from Thompsons and the NEU, I’m certain I wouldn’t have been properly compensated for what happened to me.”

Paul trade union member